Francisco J. Ayala

Born 1934

Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine.

AAAS Presidential Address: Fracisco J. Ayala, "The Myth of Eve: Molecular Biology and Human Origins," Science (22 December 1995) 270:1930-1936.

Discipline: Evolutionary biology

AAAS offices held:

• Chair, Committee on the Health of the Scientific Enterprise, 1991 - 1993
• Chair, Council Affairs, 1993 - 1994
• Chair, Annual Meeting Scientific Program Committee, 1994 - 1995
• President, 1995
• Chair, Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, 1996 - 1997
• Chair, Committee for the Program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion, 1999 - 2000

AAAS awards and honors:

• AAAS Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award, 1987.

  For speaking out forcefully on the scientific basis for the theory of evolution, while seeking a foundation of scientific knowledge and logic that demonstrates a common ground for evolutionary theory and ethical values.